The Spittle of Zimolax: The Lance of Longinus Part One - Softcover

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England, 1932When Dr Wilhelm Sachsenhauser, a German academic with links to the Nazi Party, visits England, the Department of Special Services wants to know why.Sergeant Geraldine Chapman, veteran of the Great War and now a glorified filing clerk with the Department, is sent to Lichfield to investigate.But what should have been a routine job leads Gerry to faces from her past, Fascist sympathisers in the English aristocracy, and a gruesome murder, all linked to the stolen statue of an obscure Dacian god.Gerry now faces a race against time, to recover the statue and find the murderer before they can strike again, as well as discovering Sachsenhauser’s interest in both the murder victim and the statue. To help her she has her innate ability to make connections, her new colleague Detective Constable Mooney, and her Webley revolver. Together they will face a high-level conspiracy, a powerful industrialist, and an opponent who will stop at nothing to obtain the statue of Zimolax.The Spittle of Zimolax is the first in a series about Sergeant Geraldine Chapman of the Department of Special Services, a section of MI5 tasked with investigating secret societies and occult organisations that could pose a threat to British security. A thrilling amalgam of traditional whodunnit, thirties' pulp fiction, and gothic horror, this is the perfect book for fans of Christie, Lovecraft, and Indiana Jones, or indeed anyone who loves adventure, mystery and suspense.

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